By means of PTI
MUMBAI: Hours after Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey tweeted a video of MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana sipping tea whilst in police custody, the parliamentarian on Tuesday issued a explanation thru her legal professional claiming that “ill-treatment” was once meted out to her within the lock-up of the Santacruz police station after her arrest ultimate Saturday, and now not on the Khar police station.
Significantly, the Unbiased MP from Amravati had previous written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla claiming that she was once meted with “inhuman medication” within the “Khar police station” after her “unlawful arrest”, through which she was once denied water to drink and confronted casteist slurs.
Recommend Rizwan Service provider, representing Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana in courts, stated, “It seems that that there’s some tweet which is being floated round on social media thru police commissioner Sanjay Pandey concerning the criticism made through (Navneet) Rana with regard to grievances of being subjected to ill-treatment whilst in police custody through now not being equipped fundamental amenities like water, bathroom and many others.”
“I simply wish to explain that the tweet of Sanjay Pandey sir is concerning the time spent through my shopper on the Khar police station after being arrested. The officials did be offering tea, there’s no doubt about it. However they (the Rana couple) have been on the Khar police station until 1 AM. Roughly, after 1 AM, they (the Rana couple) have been transferred to the lock-up of the Santacruz police station the place they have been detained for the remainder of the night time till they have been produced sooner than the courtroom,” Service provider claimed.
He stated the criticism of Navneet Rana being subjected to ill-treatment isn’t in regards to the detention on the Khar police station however in regards to the detention on the lock-up of the Santacruz police station.
In her letter to the LS Speaker, Navneet Rana had additionally mentioned that she was once being submit on the police station with out due regard to the administrative center held through her and was once now not given consuming water whilst in police custody.
Navneet additionally alleged that she was once abused because of her caste. “I used to be taken to the Khar Police Station on 23.04.2022 and I spent the night time within the police station on 23.04.2022. I made a number of and repeated calls for for consuming water all the way through the night time, then again, no consuming water was once equipped to me all the way through the night time”, Navneet Rana had stated within the letter.
She sought motion towards the Mumbai commissioner of police and different most sensible officials over her “unlawful” arrest.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Monday sought main points from the Maharashtra govt inside 24 hours following the allegations made through Navneet Rana towards the police after her arrest.
Previous within the day, the Mumbai police commissioner tweeted a 12-second video from his verified Twitter deal with @sanjayp_1 at 2 pm with the caption, “Do we are saying the rest extra”.
The video clip presentations the Rana couple sitting on chairs and sipping tea in entrance of police officers at a police station. Bottles of mineral water also are observed at the desk in entrance of them.
Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana have been arrested on Saturday once they gave a choice for the chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa out of doors Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s non-public place of abode ‘Matoshree’ in Mumbai, which had brought on indignant protests through Shiv Sainiks.
The couple later withdrew their name, bringing up Top Minister Narendra Modi’s talk over with to Mumbai for an match. The lawmaker couple was once booked for sedition but even so different fees.
The video tweeted through the Mumbai police commissioner has been retweeted a couple of instances and evoked a number of ‘likes’ from netizens. The lawmaker couple is recently in judicial custody.
The classes courtroom in Mumbai has posted their bail software for listening to on April 29. Navneet Rana is lodged at Byculla prison in Mumbai and Ravi Rana at Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai.
